21. Hypatia Of Alexandria hypatia of alexandria was a famous philosopher of Egypt who ran into trouble with the Christian Church. http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa033198.htm

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Radio National Transcripts: Ockham's Razor Sunday, 3rd August, 1997 Hypatia of Alexandria Robyn Williams: Today's talk gives an unanswerable reason why girls shouldn't do mathematics. At least not in the 5th Century AD. It's an extraordinary story and here to tell it is Maths Lecturer from Monash, Dr Michael Deakin. Dr Deakin: Imagine a time when the world's greatest living mathematician was a woman, indeed a physically beautiful woman, and a woman who was simultaneously the world's leading astronomer. And imagine that she conducted her life and her professional work in a city as turbulent and troubled as Ayodhya or Amritsar, Belfast or Beirut is today. And imagine such a female mathematician achieving fame not only in her specialist field, but also as a philosopher and religious thinker, who attracted a large popular following. And imagine her as a virgin martyr killed, not for her Christianity, but by Christians because she was not one of them. And imagine that the guilt of her death was widely whispered to lie at the door of one of Christianity's most honoured and significant saints. Would we not expect to have heard of all this? Would it not be shouted from the rooftops? Would it not be possible to walk into any bookstore and buy a biography of this woman? Would not her life be common knowledge?

23. Great Inspirations - Hypatia Great Inspirations hypatia of alexandria. Maria Dzielska, 1995; hypatia of alexandria. Harvard University Press. http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/inspire/hypatia.htm

There is something mystical about the life of Hypatia - from her love of knowledge and purity, to her unfortunate, gruesome death. She was a woman, a scientist and a pagan. In many ways, she embodies the myth of the beautiful woman seeking knowledge, the 'High Priestess of Science'. She was a highly respected member of public life in Alexandria, Egypt at a time when women were not readily accepted into the public arena. She interests me as a historical enigma, a woman who achieved outside the sphere of normal expectation. She lived a knowledge-oriented life, she was respected and revered, and she died a tragic death. How did a woman manage to rise to a position of such high respect in ancient patriarchal times? Unfortunately, very little is known about Hypatia. None of the books or commentaries that she wrote survived, other than in name (and sometimes not even that). Most of the information we have about her comes from obscure references in letters of her students and in often-biased histories. We know that she was the daughter of Theon, one of the most educated men in Alexandria. She studied mathematics, astronomy, astrology and philosophy, and later became a teacher at Theon's school. A student, Synesius, recalled her lectures with great admiration and respect.

24. Hypatia Of Alexandria - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia There was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such attainments in literature and science, as to far surpass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia_of_Alexandria

Wikimedia needs your help in its 21-day fund drive. See our fundraising page Over US$160,000 has been donated since the drive began on 19 August. Thank you for your generosity! Hypatia of Alexandria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. An imaginary portrait of Hypatia of Alexandria Hypatia of Alexandria (in Greek ) was a neo-Platonic philosopher mathematician , and teacher who lived in Alexandria , then a Greek settlement. Several works are attributed to her by later sources, including commentaries on Diophantus 's Arithmetica , on Apollonius 's Conics and on Ptolemy 's works, but none have survived. Letters to her by her pupil Synesius give an idea of her intellectual milieu. She was murdered in March 415 by a mob, led by a magistrate named Peter, for reasons which are still debated. Religion and politics are the two most likely motivations for the mob killing. Her contributions to science are reputed to include the invention of the astrolabe and the hydrometer . No images of her exist, but nineteenth century writers and artists envisioned her as an Athene-like beauty. She was the daughter of Theon , the last fellow of the Museum of Alexandria, which was adjacent to or included the main Library of Alexandria . Hypatia did not teach in the Museum, but received her pupils in her own private home.

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Wikimedia needs your help in its 21-day fund drive. See our fundraising page Over US$165,000 has been donated since the drive began on 19 August. Thank you for your generosity! Hypatia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hypatia could refer to: Hypatia of Alexandria (?370–415), a neo-Platonic philosopher, mathematician, and teacher. Hypatia (crater) , a lunar crater that lies along the northwest edge of Sinus Asperitatis, a bay on the southwest edge of Mare Tranquillitatis. 238 Hypatia , a very large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of privitive carbonates. Hypatia (book) , written in 1853 by Charles Kingsley. This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page. Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia Categories Disambiguation Views Article Discussion Edit this page History Personal tools Create account / log in Navigation Main Page Community portal Current events Recent changes ... Donations Search Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages ... Permanent link This page was last modified 01:54, 29 May 2005.

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27. Harvard University Press/Hypatia Of Alexandria hypatia of alexandria by Maria Dzielska Translated by F. Lyra, published by Harvard University Press. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/DZIHYP.html

Maria Dzielska is an internationally recognized authority on the cultural life of the Roman Empire. She lives in Krakow and is Professor of Ancient Roman History at Jagiellonian University Hypatia of Alexandria Maria Dzielska Translated by F. Lyra A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book of 1995, Philosophy Category Hypatiabrilliant mathematician, eloquent Neoplatonist, and a woman renowned for her beautywas brutally murdered by a mob of Christians in Alexandria in 415. She has been a legend ever since. In this engrossing book, Maria Dzielska searches behind the legend to bring us the real story of Hypatia's life and death, and new insight into her colorful world. Historians and poets, Victorian novelists and contemporary feminists have seen Hypatia as a symbolof the waning of classical culture and freedom of inquiry, of the rise of fanatical Christianity, or of sexual freedom. Dzielska shows us why versions of Hypatia's legend have served her champions' purposes, and how they have distorted the true story. She takes us back to the Alexandria of Hypatia's day, with its Library and Museion, pagan cults and the pontificate of Saint Cyril, thriving Jewish community and vibrant Greek culture, and circles of philosophers, mathematicians, astronomers, and militant Christians. Drawing on the letters of Hypatia's most prominent pupil, Synesius of Cyrene, Dzielska constructs a compelling picture of the young philosopher's disciples and her teaching. Finally she plumbs her sources for the facts surrounding Hypatia's cruel death, clarifying what the murder tells us about the tensions of this tumultuous era.

28. Harvard University Press/Hypatia Of Alexandria/Reviews Reviews of hypatia of alexandria by Maria Dzielska Translated by F. Lyra, published by Harvard University Press. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/reviews/DZIHYP_R.html

Maria Dzielska is an internationally recognized authority on the cultural life of the Roman Empire. She lives in Krakow and is Professor of Ancient Roman History at Jagiellonian University Hypatia of Alexandria Maria Dzielska Translated by F. Lyra This gem of academic detective work may be the last word on a subject that has fascinated for centuries. Anthony Gottlieb, New York Times Book Review Like Cleopatra, Mary Magdalene, Joan of Arc...Hypatia has been retailored to suit the psychic needs of anybody retrospecting her, rational, romantic, nostalgic, or loony. [In this book] Dzielska demystifies Hypatia, sifting patiently through the original sources, from the Sud lexicon to the correspondence of Synesius of Cyrene. John Leonard, Nation Through a subtle reading of the ancient sources, Dzielska reconstructs a powerful and persuasive account of Hypatia's life. She also addresses the difficult task of describing her philosophy...with engagement and finesse. Wilbur Knorr, Science [A] pithy and engaging attempt to state what we actually know about Hypatia. Carlin Romano

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Home Multi-cultural Center Female Inventors Female Inventors Hypatia of Alexandria A martyr to feminine intellect. Born in Alexendria in A.D. 370, Hypatia came into a rarefied intellectual world. Her father, Theon, was a mathematician and astronomer at the Museum at Alexandria, and Hypatia was his prize pupil. She studied in Athens and Italy, and she became a lecturer and writer in the fields of mathematics, philosophy, astronomy and mechanics. Her classes were attended by students from throughout the known world, and her treatise on algebra, Arithmetica, was a thirteen-volume definitive study. Practical technology was Hypatia's main interest, which led to her invention of the pane astrolabe, used to measure the positions of the sun and stars and to calculate the ascendant sign of the zodiac. It consisted of a pair of rotating discs made of open-work metal, rotating one on top of the other around a removable peg. Hypatia perfected the device to the point where it could accurately solve problems in spherical astronomy. Hypatia never married, although she was courted by and kept company with many of Alexandria's movers and shakers. Unhappily, these connections did not save her from the fanatical Christian sects whose influence was becoming increasingly felt. During her lifetime, intellectualism gave way to findamentalism, and to religious dogma. In A.D. 389 the Serapeum Library was sacked and burned by order of Theophilos, bishop of Alexandria. All neo-Platonists were persecuted, and Hypatia became a controversial figure because of her fame and influence.

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Home Multi-cultural Center Women in Science Women in Science Hypatia of Alexandria Preeminent among scients of her day and heir to an intellectual tradition of secularism and paganism, Hypatia (370-415 C.E.) was educated by her father, Thon, a prominent mathematician and astronomer. She became renowned for her brilliance and accomplishment, lecturing in mathematics, astronomy, philosophy and mechanics and making important contributions to algebraic theory. As Alexandria lost its prominence as a learning center and religious factionalism grew, Hypatia resisted the trend, continuing to teach without regard for religious doctrine. Her murder by a mob at age forty-five heralded the virtual cessation of scientific advance for the next thousand years. Be sure to read about how other female, African-American and other scientists helped shape our history and make our world what it is today. Information Source: Publication Department of the Library of Congress. We take your privacy seriously. Please read our Privacy Statement

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Hypatia of Alexandria In: 2. The Universe 3. Everything Hypatia of Alexandria « 1 of Created: 05 Dec 2000 Hypatia was a Greek scientist, philosopher, and mathematician who taught at the Mouseion in Alexandria. She was born in 370 AD, and was the daughter of Theon, the last curator of the Mouseion at Alexandria. Her father gave her a classical education; she studied the works of Plato and Diophantine equations. Hypatia was reputedly a beauty and had many suitors, although according to the most reliable sources she never married. The Mouseion where Hypatia taught was a library originally built to rival the library system of Athens . The institution grew, however, and became more of a university than a library. Archimedes invented the 'Archimedes Screw' [A device for raising water. ] there in 3 BC. Hypatia also wrote commentaries on the Arithmetica of Diophantus , the Conics of Apollonious and edited part of her father's Commentary on the Almagest by Ptolemy Continued page 2/6 Entry Chapters: Hypatia of Alexandria The Death of Hypatia A Limited History Hypatia's Impact Suggested Reading ... BBC Home

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Hypatia of Alexandria (ca. 370 - 416 CE.) RAPHAEL, The School of Athens detail ): Hypatia (likeness of Francesco Maria della Rovere Hypatia of Alexandria , born circa 370 CE., is the first woman documented to have made a substantial contribution to the development of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy and to have done so openly, in her own name, as a woman. According to the Byzantine encyclopedia, The Suda , her father was Theon, the last head of the Museum at Alexandria. Together, they strove to preserve the spirit of Greek mathematics and philosophic inquiry, during a time when mathematics and science were considered heresy by zealous Christians who enforced the Christian Doctrines of the Roman Empire. As a young woman, she traveled to Athens and Italy. Upon her return to Alexandria, around 400 CE., Hypatia achieved prominence as the recognized head of the Neoplatonist school in Alexandria, where letters addressed simply to “the philosopher” were routinely delivered to her. There she expounded upon the doctrines of Plato and Aristotle and lectured on mathematics, astronomy, mechanics, and philosophy, in particular teaching a variant of Neoplatonism which was distinguished from the mysticism of her predecessors by its greater scientific emphasis. In addition to her mathematical works, Hypatia also developed an apparatus for distilling water, an instrument for measuring the level of water, a plane astrolabe (for measuring the positions of the stars, planets, and sun) and a graduated brass hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of a liquid. Hypatia came to symbolize learning and science, which the early Christians identified with paganism, making her the focal point of riots between Christians and non-Christians.

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